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Featured Article: Inreach Equals Better OutreachInreach Equals Better Outreach
by M. Buckley
When the APL Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) opened in 1999, its earliest programs introduced Lab staff to the office itself and to the invention process—like steps to protect intellectual property or rules for licensing government-funded developments. The Invention of the Year awards (started in 2000) brought APL inventors their first Lab-wide recognition.
These successful initiatives helped to develop a smarter audience, and as OTT enters its second decade, its “inreach” programs are evolving to match today’s information needs.MORE >

Featured Article: Exploring the Global Technology Community Through Strategic Technology Licensing
David Silver is among several Lab inventors whose work involves, or is attracting attention from, foreign partners. Careful management of international involvement has been, and continues to be, a high priority for the Lab. But as Silver proves, this doesn’t mean that foreign interactions are unwelcome. The Lab views foreign interactions as an opportunity to assess APL’s technology in a global context. And what better way than through the licensing process? MORE >

Featured Article: APL Licenses Technology to Prevent Dangerous Electrical Fires.More than two decades ago, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory leveraged internal research funds and Navy sponsorship to create a system of sensors for the Navy to quickly detect and stop arc faults on submarines. These systems, since deployed on all classes of subs and aircraft carriers, have helped avert disaster on 10 Navy ships. Now, with the nation’s demand for electricity on the rise, APL is expanding this protection to the commercial sector, where arc faults also cause significant injuries and damage. MORE >

Featured Article: The Equity Option Gives Small Companies Room to Grow and Launches APL Technology into the Marketplace.APL license agreements with small or start-up companies usually include a range of terms, such as payments to the Lab upon certain development milestones; royalties from sales of commercial products based on Lab technologies; and, in lieu of a portion of cash for an up-front payment, an equity stake in the company. MORE >

Featured Article: Invention of the Year Awards Offer Glimpse of Top Technologies of Tomorrow
APL makes it easier for potential commercial partners to find up-and-coming technologies, giving them a glimpse into the future—and touting its top inventors—with the APL Office of Technology Transfer’s annual Invention of the Year awards. MORE >

Featured Article: Breathe More Easily Knowing APL’s System Is Decontaminating Our Buildings’ Air Supply
APL researchers have developed a system to destroy airborne biological agents as they move through a building's heating and air conditioning ducts. The technology has been licensed to the Bio-Defense Research Group, Inc. of Upper Marlboro, Md., which is using it in a system called Path-Away™. MORE >

Featured Article: Catching a Wave
J. Hanson is a master at catching waves—and he doesn’t even
own a surfboard. Instead, he uses something a little more scientific
and a lot easier on the body. The senior physical oceanographer at the
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has created APL
WAVES, an innovative computer program that extracts and displays detailed
information from wide-ranging data on ocean waves. MORE >

Featured Article: Dawn of a New Sentry
Latest
APL start-up company to field innovative biodetection system. Terrorist
attacks on American soil were more hypothetical than historical when
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) researchers began crafting
a portable system to detect dangerous airborne chemicals and biological
agents. MORE >

Featured Article: APL
Inventors Meet Industry Need for Out-of-This-World Technology
When it comes to space research and development, the Applied Physics
Laboratory has always minded its business. Four decades ago APL's first
major space project, the Transit program, introduced the Navyand
eventually the worldto navigation by satellite. MORE >

Featured Article: Stay
Tuned: Ratings Leader Arbitron Plugs in to APL Technology
Already the undisputed leader in the radio ratings business, Arbitron
Inc. figures to establish an even bigger multimedia presence with the
introduction of its Portable People Meter, the first electronic device
to automatically collect information about a person's exposure to radio,
TV and cable programming. MORE >

Featured Article: Start-Ups
Delivering APL Innovation to Maryland
Johns Hopkins University President William Brody made a prediction when
the Applied Physics Laboratory launched its first spin-off company,
Syntonics LLC, back in December 1999. "It's only a beginning,"
Brody said. "You'll see a lot more entrepreneurial ventures coming
out of the Lab in years to come." MORE >

Featured Article: New
Treatment Promises Brighter Future for Millions with Retinal Disease
Call it a vision to restore sight: The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
Laboratory (APL) recently licensed a set of innovative tools and techniques
that could make fighting age-related macular degenerationa leading
cause of blindness in the United Statesas routine as correcting
nearsightedness. MORE >